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Did the brakes on Maggie the Opel (I gotta get a pic up one of these days) and they are freakin' AMAZING with the application of one difference from a normal brake re-do...
Green Stuff pads.
Got 'em from OGTS after asking for a low dust formulation. The organics in OEM pads carbonize during braking, leaving behind the dread black wheel. Since Maggie looks so darned perky with her trim rings clean and her whitewalls crisp, I figured it was time to get the low-dust pads and hang the cost.
I have low-dust pads on the Catera for the same reason. Low dust pads are typically formulated out of a semi-metallic ceramic compound which is lower in organics than an OEM pad. The downside is ceramic pads do not stop all that well cold - they feel 'hard' during the first few stops of the day and the better part of the entire winter.
Anyhow, the pads OGTS sent me are not at all like the ceramics on the Catera - they are formulated from a semi-metallic/Kevlar compound. They claim low dust (which is true) and better modulation than stock. THAT is an understatement - they stop.
Holy crap do they stop! A set of Brembo replacement rotors were added (repeated stops from Chuckspeed are real hard on rotors), and the Green Stuff pads were hung in the stock Teves calipers at the same time. A quick spin on the city/highway loop with the Peebmonster (wife nickname - long story) bedded them in, and it was time to test...
Darned near stood Maggie on her nose. Asconas have NO front overhang and a fair amount of rear overhang, so weight transfer is pretty good during heavy braking - the nose normally does not dip all that much. When it did on the Green Stuff pads, it freaked me out.
It was as if Maggie picked up 20% more braking power, and braking modulation was excellent. Maggie went fom having the stopping power of a 30 year old car to being able to do motorcycle stoppies - simply because pad formulation was changed.
Green stuff pads are more expensive than OEM replacements - $55/pair from OGTS. Tellyouwhut - considering Excursions have a hard time seeing GT's, the extra jing for a set of killer brake pads may be the difference between a near miss and a squished GT - well worth it in my book!
Did the brakes on Maggie the Opel (I gotta get a pic up one of these days) and they are freakin' AMAZING with the application of one difference from a normal brake re-do...
Green Stuff pads.
Got 'em from OGTS after asking for a low dust formulation. The organics in OEM pads carbonize during braking, leaving behind the dread black wheel. Since Maggie looks so darned perky with her trim rings clean and her whitewalls crisp, I figured it was time to get the low-dust pads and hang the cost.
I have low-dust pads on the Catera for the same reason. Low dust pads are typically formulated out of a semi-metallic ceramic compound which is lower in organics than an OEM pad. The downside is ceramic pads do not stop all that well cold - they feel 'hard' during the first few stops of the day and the better part of the entire winter.
Anyhow, the pads OGTS sent me are not at all like the ceramics on the Catera - they are formulated from a semi-metallic/Kevlar compound. They claim low dust (which is true) and better modulation than stock. THAT is an understatement - they stop.
Holy crap do they stop! A set of Brembo replacement rotors were added (repeated stops from Chuckspeed are real hard on rotors), and the Green Stuff pads were hung in the stock Teves calipers at the same time. A quick spin on the city/highway loop with the Peebmonster (wife nickname - long story) bedded them in, and it was time to test...
Darned near stood Maggie on her nose. Asconas have NO front overhang and a fair amount of rear overhang, so weight transfer is pretty good during heavy braking - the nose normally does not dip all that much. When it did on the Green Stuff pads, it freaked me out.
It was as if Maggie picked up 20% more braking power, and braking modulation was excellent. Maggie went fom having the stopping power of a 30 year old car to being able to do motorcycle stoppies - simply because pad formulation was changed.
Green stuff pads are more expensive than OEM replacements - $55/pair from OGTS. Tellyouwhut - considering Excursions have a hard time seeing GT's, the extra jing for a set of killer brake pads may be the difference between a near miss and a squished GT - well worth it in my book!